11-10-2023, 09:35 PM
One of my sons has an air to water heat pump installed. The job was fully subsidised and the house is in a rural village with only electricity, but it is also a centre terrace house so the side walls (the larger ones) lose no heat to the neighbours. I understand that they find the system very satisfactory in conjunction with an off-peak tariff for domestic water. I had solar panels installed 11 years ago when costs were higher than they are now. The feed-in tariff recovered the cost in 8 years, and I heat the water for nothing by using the generated electricity for which I am also paid.
I think solar and heat pumps have their place, but there are many houses for which they do not make economic sense.
I think solar and heat pumps have their place, but there are many houses for which they do not make economic sense.